Wednesday, March 24, 2010

GrammEr

I will indeed be submitting this to failblog.org

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Bionic Duck

I took this electronics class a couple of weeks ago, but our charter at the end of one day was to make a DC motor from scratch (well, from Kit anyway) and we were split into groups so that no 1 person had to wind the stator AND the rotor AND wire the brushings… Anyhow, the attached picture is unfortunately not from my group, but from the Savannah Posse. Apparently this is an example of what nerds with alcohol choose to accomplish. (It does NOT float in water, btw)

 

Character actor?

The guy next to me on MARTA right now is making me wish I were an aspiring actor readying myself for an audition to play the part of a loco-genius. I'd just learn him. Much like the Jaime Foxx character and hid Cello, this guy is socially like Foster and his sports stats, but not sure of the strength in such a short parallel path.

Someone should tell this dude that talking in a high pitched baby voice to himself does not preclude us from eavesdropping. He's a pensive fellow, now rubbing his chin and staring off into top-left space as if he learned to think by looking at the cover of GQ. Except different. Very different. I'd hate to have missed this.

Monday, March 8, 2010

I actually disagree with my Pastor on something...

In Bryant’s Right From the Heart the other day, he had this line in there:

 

A recent Gallup poll found 72% of Americans believe that Jesus was the Son of God, yet 80% felt each individual should arrive at his or her own beliefs independent of any church. Now those two stats show a huge disconnect between belief and practice, between professing faith and living it. It's called hypocrisy and it's the number one reason people outside the church say they have no interest in Christianity.”

 

I don’t agree with that conclusion. I think that they are not mutually exclusive. I Believe that Jesus [IS] the Son of God, and I also believe that each individual should arrive at his own belief independent of any church. That does not mean that any conclusion reached by an individual is correct, or a way to God. However, I understand a relationship with Christ to be at a personal level. I did not arrive at my belief dependent upon  a church. The church is not integral to my belief system. I think it is integral to the way I grow as a Christian, and corporate worship is very important to me… But the church is not part of my beliefs, but a blessing and method to connect with God on a personal basis and a means for “iron sharpening iron”.

I think the church is, however,  a much too integral part of Catholicism. It seems to be between man and God, and not first & foremost a platform for worship.  My take is that if an individual does not arrive at the personal understanding of Christ as his/her Savior independent of any church, then those beliefs fail when that church fails to live up to the name of Christ. No church can save us from our sins, no church can vouch for us in God’s holy presence. Only the Son of God.

 

I’m probably just defending the syntax because of the way I would have answered the question as it was phrased, but my thoughts are still my thoughts.